Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8467, Stephen Fellyaw, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Fellyaw, Stephen or Felyaw
S. 8467
Born in N.C.
CONTENTS
carded

1922-Sept. 30 Hist. To Miss Frances S. Bell - mrt H.
Reborn
8467 INVALID.
File No.
8467
Stephen Fellyan ★
Priv. Rev. War.
Act:
June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol.
182
Page
122
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Stephen Fellyan ★
Records corrected Oct. 24, 1904. R.

North Carolina 16.136
Stephen Feltyau
of New Hanover in the State of South Carolina who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Larkins of the Regt. commanded by Col. Blundworth in the North Carolina line for 7 months
Stephen Feltyau Records corrected Oct. 24, 1904
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina the rate of 25 Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of July '33, and sent P. Schurpfey Taylors Bridge P.O. N.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 51.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 12.91 1/2 $64.57 1/2
Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk Book C Vol. 6. Page 40 { Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }

State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarter New Hanover County } Sessions December Term 1832
On this the 12th day of December A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before William S. Larkins, David Mac Intire & Alex. Miller.
Esquires Justices of the Court aforesaid now sitting Stephen Tilyaw a resident of New Hanover County in the State of North Carolina aged seventy years the 4th January 1833 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated.
1. Under Col. Thomas Bladworth, Capt. John Larkins, Benjamin Leddin he thinks was Lieut. in the fall of 1780 and served two or three months at least as much as two months, that he resided in New Hanover County N.C. when he entered the service, that he was a volunteer, that he was in a battle or skirmish at the Big Bridge in the County aforesaid with the enemy commanded by Majors Crange and Manson in which the Americans were defeated, that he made no marches, being stationed at the Big Bridge, where he remained till the skirmish there, fled home, but in a few days returned to the Big Bridge & remained there till reinforced by Gen. Lillington with the Onslow & Duplin militia, that he has no discharge and knows of no person by whom he can prove this tour. 2. Under Gen. Lillington, Col. Thomas Bladworth

Major Saml. Ashe in the spring of 1781 a short time before Cornwallis came to Wilmington and served three months in a company of artillery commanded by Major Saml. Ashe, the artillery was fixed at Swan's point, on the North East River a mile & a half or two miles below the Big Bridge where he remained the most of this tour; about the latter end of the three months he marched with the artillery to Limestone Bridge in Duplin County, that he was a volunteer, and served as such in all his service.
3. He then entered service under Gen. James Hearn & Capt. Charles Ward at Limestone Bridge in the month of June or July 1781 and served something upwards of two months, that he was sent the same day of the skirmish at Rockfish bridge by Gen Hearn with an express to an officer at the Crops Roads in Duplin County, that on his return from the Crops Roads he met the company to which he belonged on their retreat from the defeat at Rockfish, and went with them back to the Crops Roads.
4. That at the Crops Roads he volunteered a lighthouse-man under the command of Captain James Gillespie Samuel Houston Lieutenant in August 1781 and served regularly as well as he can recollect five months and was then dismissed with an injunction to be in readiness upon any emergency, that he was in no battle, but was continually on the march cruising and traversing the Counties of New Hanover, Duplin & Onslow & Bladen in quest of Tories that he served with no continental regiments or companies, the regular officers he knew were Major Douglass, Capt. Brey, Lieut. Saml. Ashe, & Capt. Joseph Rhodes. that he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person by whom he can prove his service, except that he believes he can prove he was seen in service by Capt John Hindsair of the County aforesaid.

Questions propounded by the Court to Stephen Filyaw the aforesaid applicant with his answers thereto
1 Where & in what year were you born & on Craven
Ans. In Jones County N.C. then Dobbs County in 1763
2. Have you any record of your age, & if so where is it?
Ans. I have not now, but did once, it was by some means torn out of the book where it was recorded.
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war & where do you now live
Ans In New Hanover City, there, ever since I now?
4 How were you called into service &c.
Ans I always volunteered.
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served, such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans. Major Dougherty was occasionally with the troops where I served. I recollect no continental regiments; the militia regiments I remember were Gen Hearn's & Gen Lillington's, the general circumstances of my service are stated in the prece- ding declaration
6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it.
Ans. I rec d a discharge at the termination of the war from Gen Lillington which I've lost.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans. William Love, Richard Saunders, Jeremiah Hand, Rev Robert Tate Rev. William Armstrong

resident in the same and that their statement is entitled to credit
Steph. Miller U.S.
W. Larkins Jr.
J. M. McIntire Jr.
I, John W. Stanley Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of New Hanover County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Fullam for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at Wilmington this the 13th day of December A.D. 1832 & in the 57th Year of American Indepen- dence
John W. Stanley Clerk

Order to pay. 19. Feb. 1838. Order to pay 27. April 1839.

Stephen Polyan.
2. 2/
2. 3 1/2
5. crimping
return
12 months service Admiral as per rank —
Left 4 mo — 13.33
Left 3 — 12.50
$ 25.83
Patrick Humphrey
Non — M c Key

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Stephen F. Ryan which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days. I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
† QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the the must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 30 , 192 2
mmh 88467
In reply to your request of _____, for the history of Stephen Fellyant or Felyant , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the soldier's claim for pension.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Fall 1780 2 mos. Pvt. John Larkins Thos. Blueworth N.C.   Spring 1781 3 mos. Major Smith Thos. Blueworth   June or July 1781 2 mos. Capt. Thos. Ward ✓   Aug. 1781 5 mos. " James Gillespie ✓  
Battles engaged in, Big Bridge Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Hanover Co., N.C. Date of application for pension, Dec. 12, 1832. His cl. was ab. Residence at date of application, New Hanover Co., N.C. Age at date of application, Born June 4, 1763 in Dobbs or Craven Co., N.C. Remarks: There is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

171152. Baldwyn, Miss., August 29, 1922.
Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary War Section, Washington, D. C.
Please send me records of Silas McBee (of South Carolina) and Stephen Fillyaw (of North Carolina) who were Revolutionary pensioners. When he drew his pension Silas McBee lived in Lowndes county, Miss. Stephen Fillyaw lived in New Hanover county, North Carolina. His name may be spelled Fillyaw, and in some records it is erroneously given "Felyan".
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Frances I. Bell, Baldwyn, Miss.